Bullhead

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  • noun. Any of several stocky North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Ameiurus, having a tail that is not forked.
  • noun. Any of several sculpins, especially the miller's thumb.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The popular name of certain fishes.
  • noun. A tadpole.
  • noun. A small water-insect of a black color.
  • noun. The golden plover, Charadrius fulvus.
  • noun. A stupid fellow; a lubber.
  • Same as bull-headed.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A local name for a river-mussel, Pleurobema æsopus, found in the Mississippi, the shell of which is used in the manufacture of pearl buttons.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.
  • noun. In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
  • noun. A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
  • noun. The golden plover.
  • noun. A stupid fellow; a lubber.
  • noun. A small black water insect.
  • noun. the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
  • noun. Any of various sculpins of the order Scorpaeniformes
  • noun. The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
  • noun. bullhead rail
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
  • noun. freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
  • Word Usage
    "The bullhead is raised of the floor by light but sturdy, chromium plated steel legs, and use of the leather in the form of the head signifies a radical unity between to the two elements, as the bull is source of the leather."
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    sculpin  
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    lubber  mudcat